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Ellington Boulevard by Adam Langer Release Date: 2008 / 333 pages First Line: On the evening when he will learn that his apartment is being sold out from under him, Ike Ambrose Morphy finds a good parking space on Central Park West, then walks north toward home beside his dog, Herbie, through the early-December snow. Synopsis: Clarinetist [...]
This week saw
the passing of the great Earle Hagen
. His name may not be a household word, but his music is burned into your brain. He was a TV theme writer extraordinaire, whose credits include catchy ditties for The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, That Girl, and The Mod Squad to name a few. A bunch of his themes are available at
AM Then FM's
Hagen tribute post.
Hagen is also...
Flora Macneil: Craobh Un Ubhal (Tangent, 1977) I found this bag of LPs I used to DJ with downstairs. When I say "DJ", I think it's clear from the records themselves that I was never going to get a gig at, well, anywhere really. Perhaps a very lenient pub on a particularly quiet Tuesday lunchtime, but that's about it. I mean, there's some Herbie Mann in there, there's Jimmy Ponder's Mean Streets,
After producing 28 jazz festivals in 14 years, Cape May Jazz Festival Co-Founder Carol Stone and her team found themselves at a bit of a turning point when they began planning this spring's 29th edition. The festival has featured weekends each April and November that extend the tourist season in New Jersey's historic southernmost city...
Our trusted friends/colleagues at Rhapsody's Play blog continue their hot streak today with a gallery of what they deem Achievements in Album Cover Manscaping . This is both self-explanatory and way more appetizing than it sounds. If you guessed Herbie Mann's Push Push is the first entry, you win a prize: You get to look at the cover of Herbie Mann's Push Push again. Other recent Play triumphs include...
The posts this week have had a common theme of dropping the attitude, something I should do a lot more of, and I’ve learned that perceptions aren't always the better part of character. So in that frame, the weekend song’s going fusion. No, not Cajun ice-cream in a raspberry coulis, I mean jazz rock. Speaking of coulis, [...]
Herbie Mann's Californians, (Fresh Sound). This compilation reissue contains all of the Riverside album called Great Ideas Of Western Mann plus tracks from Riverside's Blues For Tomorrow and Verve's The Golden Flute Of Herbie Mann. In all cases, Jimmy Rowles is on piano, with Buddy Clark on bass an...
Herbie Mann's Californians, (Fresh Sound). This compilation reissue contains all of the Riverside album called Great Ideas Of Western Mann plus tracks from Riverside's Blues For Tomorrow and Verve's The Golden Flute Of Herbie Mann. In all cases, Jimmy...
To infinity, and beyond! Funky16Corners Radio v.47 - Cosmic Sea Playlist Mystic Moods – Cosmic Sea (WB) Miles Davis – Spanish Key (45 Edit) (Columbia) Jackson 5 – I’ll Bet You (Motown) Miles Davis – Miles Runs the Voodoo Down (45 Edit) (Columbia) Jose Feliciano – Light My Fire (RCA) Herbie Mann – If I Were a Carpenter (Atlantic) BB King – Ghetto [...]
Your birthday today: You are ambitious and plan many things which you usually carry out. You are energetic and enthusiastic ; graciously listen to others' advice or criticism and pursue your own course. You are loving and will have a happy home life. If you are ambitiously planning a birthday party for yourself, you will find nobody listed on your page in the book, so seek others' company from among...
Die Enttauschung Die Enttauschung Intakt 2007 Achille Succi Terra Splasc(h) 2007 Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore A Calculus of Loss Clean Feed 2008 Andrew Robson and Paul Cutlan Simpatico Lamplight Year Le Trio de Clarinettes Ramdam Fremeaux and Assoc. 2007 Edmund Welles Tooth and Claw self-published 2008...
In the 1970's, Producer/Songwriter Dexter Wansel , like many other jazz rooted musicians at the time, including Herbie Hancock , Herbie Mann , Eumir Deodato , Roy Ayers , and Lonnie Liston Smith were able to successfully bridge the gap between jazz, funk, soul, and disco. This Philadelphia-born keyboardist, starting in 1976, put together a string of solid and successfull releases including Life On...
This is so damn cool! A live performance on RAI Italian Television from the mid 60's featuring some of my favorite Jazz Players. The group performs Memphis Underground and a Brazilian piece, Upa,Neghuino. The ensemble is light as a feather! The band features one of my very favorite guitarists of all time, Sonny Sharrock as well as the very influential bassist, Miroslav Vitous who went on to become...
